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Blast Hits Afghan Capital Shortly After Hagel Arrives
NY TIMES ^ | 3/9/13 | ALISSA J. RUBIN

Posted on 03/09/2013 5:50:13 AM PST by SoFloFreeper

- A suicide bomber wearing a vest bomb struck outside the Afghan defense ministry on Saturday, killing at least 10 people in a blast just hours after Chuck Hagel, the new United States defense secretary, arrived here in Kabul.

And a short time later, another suicide bomber detonated his explosive in eastern Afghanistan before reaching his target, but killed eight children and a policeman, according to Afghan military and hospital officials.

(Excerpt) Read more at mobile.nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; appeasement; chuckhagel; defense; demagogicparty; hagel; hagelsecdef; obamafail; secdef; suicidebomber; terror; waronterror; waronthewaronterror
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To: SoFloFreeper

Hagel farted toward Jerusalem and blamed the Jews.


21 posted on 03/10/2013 9:22:56 AM PDT by Karliner ( Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 8:28- 8:38"...this is the end of the beginning."WC)
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To: Colonel_Flagg
So Rand Paul voted FOR Kerry and Hagel, and AGAINST Brennan.

And Ted Cruz voted AGAINST all three. Ted Cruz is a sharp, knowledgeable, in-your-face, fearless Conservative and Patriot. That I do know, and I'm all for him and will support him in any way I can. Rand Paul is also sharp, knowledgeable, in-your-face, not as intense as Cruz but fearless non the less, and a Conservative and Patriot. Paul has slipped on the banana peel a couple of times, and it remains to be seen what he does after the filibuster.

I'm also interested in Mike Lee of Utah and his voting record. He and Cruz made a perfect team which grilling Holder recently. Does anyone know what happened to Paul Ryan, and his reasons for voting lately the way he has?

22 posted on 03/10/2013 1:21:07 PM PDT by itssme
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To: itssme

He must have taken stammering lessons from AH in charge.


23 posted on 03/10/2013 1:32:51 PM PDT by Pit1 (Obama is the pile in the road.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

All this after Barack Obama gave his “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED” speech to the United Nations praising the so-called arab spring where Islamists came to power establishing theocratic rule.

What a mess. Worse than Carter.


24 posted on 03/10/2013 3:26:56 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: SoFloFreeper

A bomb went off near Hagel?

There yet is hope.


25 posted on 03/10/2013 3:40:21 PM PDT by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: SoFloFreeper

Did anyone else notice the shallowness of Hagel’s response to the bombing? “Uh, we’re at war... and some things like this happen because we’re at war.”

This, along with his astoundingly muddled responses during the Senate hearings, tells me there’s some signs of dementia happening with Hagel. Even without his stances vis-a-vis Iran and Israel, he never should’ve been considered for SecDef. I seriously think he’s in a state of mental degradation.


26 posted on 03/11/2013 5:34:46 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Gun control: Steady firm grip, target within sights, squeeze the trigger slowly...)
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To: ScottinVA

there’s some signs = there are some signs


27 posted on 03/11/2013 5:35:40 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Gun control: Steady firm grip, target within sights, squeeze the trigger slowly...)
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To: itssme
he seemed confused, somewhat disoriented and not quite sure what to say...

I should've read your comment before posting mine, because I essentially repeated what you're saying here. Something's wrong with Hagel, I believe. He seems incapable of putting a complete thought together, which tells me he may be suffering from some form of dementia.

28 posted on 03/11/2013 5:39:33 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Gun control: Steady firm grip, target within sights, squeeze the trigger slowly...)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Hagel kills


29 posted on 03/11/2013 5:53:29 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 .....The fairest Deduction to be reduced is the Standard Deduction)
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To: SoFloFreeper
And a short time later, another suicide bomber detonated his explosive in eastern Afghanistan before reaching

his target

, but killed eight children and a policeman, according to Afghan military and hospital officials.

IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE.

moslems are filth. ALL OF THEM. And George Bush is just as much a muzzie lover as obama.

30 posted on 03/11/2013 7:07:59 PM PDT by bigheadfred
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